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Florence Ryerson

Florence Ryerson

Writing

Biography

Florence Ryerson (September 20, 1892 – June 8, 1965) was an American playwright, screenwriter and co-author of the script for the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz." Between 1915 and 1927 she published more than 30 short stories and then joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1926 to work on silent film scripts. In 1930 and 1933 she and her husband wrote two of the earliest books about teenage girlhood. The books were based on a short story series Ryerson had started in 1925. She continued to write for most of her life, writing plays for Broadway in the 1940s.

Known For

The Wizard of Oz
7.6

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

The Wizard of Oz

1939
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
7.7

This production consists an abbreviated script and highlights most musical numbers from the 1939 film.

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True

1995
This Side of Heaven
7.5

A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.

This Side of Heaven

1934
The Crime of the Century
6.7

Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can commit it.

The Crime of the Century

1933
The Ice Follies of 1939
5.7

Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939
Babes in Arms
6.4

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.

Babes in Arms

1939
The Canary Murder Case
5.7

A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.

The Canary Murder Case

1929
Moonlight Murder
4.8

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

Moonlight Murder

1936
Everybody Sing
5.0

Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piece with a modern swing beat. She returns to her dysfunctional home, dejected, but, with the encouragement of her family's cook, Judy decides to follow her dream and audition for a Broadway musical.

Everybody Sing

1938
Tough Guy
5.1

An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.

Tough Guy

1936
The Drums of Jeopardy
5.4

A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter's death.

The Drums of Jeopardy

1931
Dangerous Curves
6.6

A young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of a "vamp" who's nothing but trouble for him.

Dangerous Curves

1929
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
6.0

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

1929
Pointed Heels
6.3

Fay Wray plays a beautiful showgirl who falls for a rich Park Avenue guy played by Phillips Holmes. William Powell is a producer in love with Miss Wray, but he won't use his influence to take any advantage... as usual, he's a perfect gentleman.

Pointed Heels

1929
Mad Holiday
6.4

A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

Mad Holiday

1936
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10.0

On Ze Boulevard is a 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Harry F. Millarde and written by Earl Baldwin, William Scott Darling, Joseph Farnham and Richard Schayer. The film stars Lew Cody, Renée Adorée, Anton Vaverka, Dorothy Sebastian and Roy D'Arcy.

On Ze Boulevard

1927
Henry Goes Arizona
6.3

A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.

Henry Goes Arizona

1939
Easy Come, Easy Go
7.0

Dix plays radio announcer Robert Parker, working at a station run by his girlfriend's father. Becoming a bit overexcited on the air, our hero lets slip a few (fortuitously unheard) profanities. Fired from his job, Parker enters into an amusing series of misadventures with veteran bank robber Jim Bailey (Charles Sellon).

Easy Come, Easy Go

1928
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8.0

Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is. A professional scout, Bert Wade, takes an interest in Elmer, who in turn takes an interest in Evelyn Corey, an attractive actress.

Fast Company

1929
The Kid From Texas
7.0

A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.

The Kid From Texas

1939